The lost English tourist spotted by a helicopter last night in the Kahurangi National Park says he can't describe the relief he felt when he was found.

The English tourist found last night in the Kahurangi National Park had become disoriented and confused the route he was on for another.

A large search is underway for a missing 30-year-old English tourist, tramping in Kahurangi National Park west of Nelson.

A plane carrying 44 people has safely made an emergency landing at Blenheim Airport, despite a nose wheel failure.

It used to be deeply naff, drunk only by teens and maybe your nana; so how did cider get its fizz back to be the drink of the summer, asks Nicky Pellegrino.

The New Zealand pinot noir movement is gathering pace and the great and good of the wine world jetted in from Singapore, Stockholm and San Francisco last week to experience Central Otago's take on the grape.

A group of pilot whales appears to have beached once more on Farewell Spit, at the top of the South Island.

A pod of 66 pilot whales beached west of Nelson yesterday swam off on the high tide overnight, DOC says.

One year on from his disappearance, police have renewed an appeal for information about a 19-year-old Nelson student.

Tropical systems Vania and Zelia will merge as they head for New Zealand from different directions.

The man arrested for allegedly trying to set fire to a campervan with two people in it has been charged with the attempted murder of the pair.

The tragic death of a Nelson teenager this week serves as a warning of the risks of suffering from shallow water blackout when holding your breath underwater, a water safety expert says.